Are kids remembering their roots? [Signs say yes]
Posted by Dan | | Posted On Sep 2, 2009 at 10:18 PM
So a friend of mine sent me a song he had worked up the other day. It was his version of Have Love Will Travel by The Sonics. When he sent me it he said "you might recognize (the song) if you're into early RnB or early punk rock" which of course I am into. The thing was I actually knew the song from a contemporary band, The Black Keys. Of course I've talked about the Black Keys before but this was the first time I knew of an older song by way of a new band. So that got me thinking, are young people more familiar with older music that I had previously thought?
In my travels this summer I found myself at a bar in downtown Colorado Springs and while I was there I was talking with the drummer for the two piece that was going the play that night. He was younger than me but very versed in the classics. We started out talking about the Who then we got to the Stones, eventually some really classic rock and R&B, and dare I say it Willie Dixon. This was a fun conversation even with me being slightly inebriated. I could tell I connected well with this guy and if he lived in Virginia I would have loved to jam with him. The guitars was god awful though; someone take away his reverb.
Maybe there is hope for my generation yet. Hell indie rock is basically everyone ripping odd the Stone's Exiles on Main Street, could there be a chance of something great happening? We'll see.
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